WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
March 2005
... mesothelioma from the onset of symptoms is less than 11/2 years, and for peritoneal tumors it’s less than 1 year. ... of biological agents including interferon and interleukin 2, and gene therapy are being explored. As knowledge of the ... The pathogenesis of mesothelioma. Seminars Oncol 2002;29:2-17. PubMed Abstract Full Text Chanhinian AP, Pass HI. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2005
... patients who were seen in these practices during the last 2 weeks of November 2001, which predated the educational ... according to the following values: GFR = 60mL/min/1.73 m 2 , GFR = 30–59 mL/min/1.73 m 2 , GFR = 15–29 mL/min/1.73 m 2 , and GFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
December 2005
... persons camp in Trieste, where Joe worked for the next 2 years as a voluntary physician in the British Military ... was renowned for anatomy, and Dr Saunders offered Joe a 2-year contract as an assistant professor. Joe accepted ... job as a biochemist in the Department of Physiology. After 2 years Joe, who had always wanted to do clinical medicine, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2005
... of Change model developed by Prochaska and DiClemente. [2,3] Most clinicians recognize in this approach components ... patient is at and the caregiver’s expectations ( Figure 2 ). Most health care professionals are trained to prescribe ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
May 2005
Wave 2 of the BCMJ readership study was completed in January ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... impact on morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2). [1-2] While the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study ... management in the observed reduction of vascular events. [2] Prevailing opinion still holds that tight control of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
March 2005
... day have an obesity rate 8.3 times that of those who watch 2 hours or less per day. While it is true that we eat more ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
July/August 2005
... to the blood supply, despite donor WNV screening. [1,2] Six cases of TT-WNV were reported in the United States ... in the early window period of WNV infection (1 to 2 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito), and were ... or if the incidence of WNV human cases in the preceding 2 weeks exceeds 1/2500 in urban areas or 1/1000 in rural ...
News
November 2005
... paying no dues, there will be no change in your status. 2. If you are currently a Professionally Inactive member with ...
Obituaries /
BY: Bruce F. Paige, MB
April 2005
... Allison (Rene) Weir, as well as 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He was the son of Dr Robert and Mrs ...